Re: mwl8k: fix alignment constraints

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Feb 08 2021 - 06:46:03 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> sturct mwl8k_dma_data contains a ieee80211_hdr structure, which is required to
> have at least two byte alignment, and this conflicts with the __packed
> attribute:
>
> vers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c:811:1: warning: alignment 1 of 'struct mwl8k_dma_data' is less than 2 [-Wpacked-not-aligned]
>
> Mark mwl8k_dma_data itself as having two-byte alignment to ensure the
> inner structure is properly aligned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

bfdc4d7cbe57 mwl8k: fix alignment constraints

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